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About 200 newspaper advertising experts will attend the 22nd World Newspaper Advertising Conference in Prague on 1st and 2nd March. WAN-IFRA will provide summaries of each speaker's presentation during the event. Check back on our blog for the latest updates.

The World Editors Forum is the organisation within the World Association of Newspapers devoted to newspaper editors worldwide. The Editors Weblog (www.editorsweblog.org), launched in January 2004, is a WEF initiative designed to facilitate the diffusion of information relevant to newspapers and their editors.

The news publishing industry is experiencing transformation at an ever-growing pace, with new policy issues arising as the landscape changes.

We will be examining policy discussions that will define the news publishing environment of the future, the key topics being internet governance, privacy and copyright. Click here to learn more about our work.

More than 280 media executives from four continents are attending the 7th Middle East Conference in Dubai on 29 February and 1 March. WAN-IFRA is providing summaries of each speaker's presentation. Check our blog for the latest updates.

Managing user comments in an increasingly toxic online environment is one of the main challenges for newsrooms. This blog features the 2016 Global Online Comment Report and highlights issues of related interest.

More than 400 media executives are gathered in Kuala Lumpur for Publish Asia 2017. WAN-IFRA is providing summaries of speaker presentations during the conference from 18 to 20 April. Visit the blog for the latest updates.

Journalists and sport experts from all over the world will gather at the home stadium of Real Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on 29 and 30 March for the International Sports News Conference. WAN-IFRA will provide summaries of each speaker's presentation during the event. Check back on our blog for the latest updates.

I am David Sallinen - in charge of WAN-IFRA's training and consultancy programmes for those media looking to accelerate their digital strategies, optimise the return from print, and introduce new editorial and sales dynamics.

This blog - TheNextStep - deals with all the initiatives we embark on for media as well as taking a look at the emerging landscapes in technology and markets.

We are living in a time of unprecedented transition in which each organisation has to adapt within the confines of its own abilities, legacy and limitations. In some cases it is proving necessary to completely reinvent ourselves.

That process begins with multiple pilot project (new products and services, new processes, new skills, new attitudes...) which is what I intend to share with you via the blog.

The most exciting project is always the one yet to begin, and this blog is dedicated to professionals engaged in transforming their media organisations whether editorially or commercially so as to share notes and compare best practice. I will also be mentioning the "Innovation Day" events we organise for media professionals and entrepreneurs who are busy rethinking the shape of media.

I welcome your remarks and suggestions and don't hesitate to contact me with them or to call on our expertise.